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" And if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end? "
The Harvard Classics - Page 65
1909
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Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament ..., Volume 4

William Belsham - 1795 - 566 pages
...apply new remedies must expect new evils: for TIME is the greatest innovator ; and if Time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" — " There is (as Helvetius observes) a description of men with hearts incapable of virtuous emotion,...
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History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the ..., Volume 8

William Belsham - 1805 - 600 pages
...apply new remedies must expect new evils : for TIME is the greatest innovator ; and if Time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" — " There is (as Helvetius observes) a description of men with hearts incapable of virtuous emotion,...
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Historical Reflections on the Constitution and Representative System of ...

James Jopp - 1812 - 460 pages
...changes in government, and immediately after the expressions just given, continues thus : * •* " It is true, that what is settled by custom, -though...have long gone together, are, as it were, confederate within-themselves : wheref£s new things piece not so well ; but though they help by their utility,...
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Memoirs of Algernon Sydney

George Wilson Meadley - 1813 - 426 pages
...deadliest evil that can befal a powerful state; ever remembering the wise remark of Bacon, " That if time alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end *." But, whilst the principles of Sydney were thus gloriously maintained by his country, his fate was...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...apply new remedies, must expect new evils : for time is the greatest Innovator. And if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel...themselves, whereas new things piece not so well: but though Ihey help by their utility, yet they trouble by their inconformity. Besides, they are like strangers,...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 9; Volume 27

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 628 pages
...says that profound politician, ' is the • greatest innovator. And if time of course alter things for the • worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the • better, what shall be the end ? A fromard retention of custom ~ is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that • reverence...
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The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 11

1818 - 594 pages
...By Jeremy Bentham, Esq. 8vo. pp. 406. Hunter. London, 1817. " IT is true," says the great Bacon, " that what is settled by custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is 111 . And those things which have long gone together, are, as it were, confederate within themselves...
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Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains ...

Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pages
...apply new remedies, must expect new evils ; for time is the greatest innovator : and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel...gone together, are, as it were, confederate within then*selves : whereas new things piece not so well ; hut though they help by their utility, yet they...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...apply new remedies must expect new evils ; foy time is the greatest innovator ; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel...things which have long gone together, are, as it were, coufederate within themselves ; whereas new things piece not so well ; but, though they help by their...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...apply new remedies must expect new evils ; for time is the greatest innovator ; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel...as it were, confederate within themselves ; whereas uew things piece not so well ; but, though they help by their utility, yet they trouble by their inconformity...
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